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Writing a blog post while watching the Oscars Red Carpet is really distracting and pretty counterproductive. I’m staring at unbelievable fashion with these gorgeous celebrities and I doubt they ate anything all day, let alone any dessert.
If we played the Oscars Red Carpet game right now: “oh hello! who are you wearing?” my response would be, “hi! I’m wearing Victoria’s Secret. They have pretty comfy yoga pants.” Haha, truth.
Okay, so these cookie cups stirred up a flurry of conversation on my Facebook page when I posted a pic after I made them last month. Just a FYI to everyone reading this now – I get a LOT of the same questions on my Facebook page whenever I post pics of what I’m making. The questions are always, “recipe?” Well, hopefully this will clear everything up: I make everything 1 – 1.5 months in advance for my blog. So whatever you see that I’m currently making, likely won’t appear on the blog for another 3-4 weeks. Yes, I work that far in advance.
I loved these cookie cups. They’re much more fun to eat than regular cookies and I loved the oozing Nutella that was sitting in the middle. You’ll love these – now how many of you are going to make them today?
Nutella Lava Cookie Cups
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup (114 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (110 g) dark brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups (219 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (180 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup (300 g) Nutella, melted/softened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Spray a standard size muffin pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Then add in the egg and vanilla extract and beat for 2 more minutes.½ cup (114 g) unsalted butter, 1/2 cup (110 g) dark brown sugar, 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- In a large bowl, add flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine.1 3/4 cups (219 g) all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Slowly add in the flour mixture and mix until all combined and well-incorporated.
- Using a spatula, fold in the chocolate chips.1 cup (180 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Place Nutella in a microwave-safe bowl and warm up the Nutella in 30 second intervals in the microwave until you achieve a smooth and runny consistency that is easy to spoon out.1 cup (300 g) Nutella
- Using a medium cookie dough scoop, scoop out 1.5 – 2 tbsp. of cookie dough, flatten it to the bottom of the muffin tin. Repeat with the dough until all 10 of the muffin tin bottoms are lined with cookie dough.
- Take a tbsp. of the warmed up Nutella and place in the middle of the dough that’s in the muffin tin. Then, take the remaining cookie dough and cover the Nutella layer. You don’t have to push it down hard, it’ll make the Nutella ooze. Just a gentle tap will do.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the edges are brown. Immediately run a paring knife around the cookie cups when they come out of the oven so you can loosen them for easy removal later.
- Cool completely before removing them and eating :)
- Top with vanilla ice cream for a sinfully delicious treat!
I work exactly the same way, and I always feel a little guilty that I’m not offering the recipe for so long, but it helps me to stay on top of things working that far out. I think at least. Actually, lately I’ve taken on too much so I need a break! haha
I don’t even know how to express how much I am in love with these cookie cups…I’m off to buy as much Nutella as possible! :D
I missed the red carpet last night. But one thing I don’t want to miss is making a double batch of these! They literally have be drooling!
I wonder if you should say “recipe will be up on blog soon” when you post those pics. But I know that is tedious too. People are impatient. LOVE these cookie cups too! Good self control on not eating them that week! I would have caved. I know it ;)
Yep…this pretty much means I won’t be in that bikini any time soon :)
Anything involving the word lava has got to be good right?
Love the gooey nutella center!
Nutella goodness. Everything tastes better with Nutella. Yum
You had me at Nutella and lava!!
Ohhhh my goodness these look amazing. I’ve always had a weakness for Nutella… these are just too much!